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NEWS ABOUT: Porter Goss

Porter Goss stories: 6 news summaries

CIA Chiefs Ask Obama to Scrap Interrogation Probe

Disclosure of CIA methods will help the enemy, decrease national security, former directors warn

Sep 18, 09 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seven former CIA directors—appointees of both political parties—are calling on the Obama administration to call off the Justice Department’s investigation of Bush-era interrogation practices, the Hill reports. The probe, ordered by AG Eric Holder, will reveal too much about the CIA’s methods in an environment where... More »

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CIA • torture • Attorney General • George Tenet • Michael Hayden • interrogation • James Schlesinger • interrogation techniques • Porter J. Goss • interrogations • Porter Goss • Eric Holder • James Woolsey • Obama administration • William Webster • John Deutch

(Newser) - A report long suppressed by Bush administration officials set to be released next week says the CIA used mock executions as part of post-9/11 interrogations, Newsweek reports—though federal law prohibits threatening prisoners with “imminent death,” and the practice wasn’t authorized by the Justice Department, unlike other... More »

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Bush administration • CIA • torture • Department of Justice • execution • Michael Hayden • interrogation • waterboarding • Porter Goss • USS Cole • report • enhanced interrogation techniques • morale • mock executions

Cheney Championed Interrogations Before Congress

Veep intervened when legislators got twitchy

Jun 3, 09 4:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Cheney personally led at least four briefings with senior House and Senate members about harsh interrogation techniques, reports the Washington Post. The former vice president's interventions took place at critical moments when Congress was threatening to investigate or even outlaw techniques, such as waterboarding, that are widely considered torture.... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • John McCain • Dick Cheney • torture • Porter Goss • harsh interrogation • Lindsay Graham • enhanced interrogation techniques

OPINION

Rove: Pelosi's an Accomplice to Torture

'Someone appears not to be telling the truth' about waterboarding

May 14, 09 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Karl Rove indulges in a bit of revenge on Nancy Pelosi in his Wall Street Journal column today, writing that "the political persecution of Bush administration officials she has been pushing may now ensnare her." As evidence mounts that the CIA told her as early as 2002 about... More »

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Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • CIA • torture • Karl Rove • waterboarding • Porter Goss • harsh interrogation • Leon Panetta

(Newser) - The outrage on Capitol Hill against Bush-era interrogation policies is nothing more than a disingenuous “circus,” former CIA chief Porter Goss writes in the Washington Post. Goss, also a former congressman, says he and other senior lawmakers were briefed more than once about CIA tactics. “I... More »

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Bush administration • national security • CIA • interrogation techniques • Porter Goss • torture memo • CIA director

Dems Demand Probe Over
CIA Tapes

Kennedy draws Nixon comparison; others see obstruction of justice

Dec 7, 07 3:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Democrats accused the CIA of a cover-up today in the wake of the revelation that the agency destroyed interrogation tapes and called for the attorney general to investigate. Ted Kennedy rejected the agency's excuse that it scrubbed the tapes to protect interrogators and suggested the censors merely knew how “... More »

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CIA • Ted Kennedy • Michael Hayden • 9/11 commission • interrogations • Abu Zubaydah • Porter Goss

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